1018 Vallejo Street!!
Like so much of Waylaid, the house at 1018 Vallejo Street in San Francisco is a real place, which really does command one of the most spectacular views of The City by the Bay imaginable. If you are ever in the City, we heartily encourage you to sip tea and gobble Scotch scones in the square of grass just beyond the balustrade in front of the house.
Not only will the house make you pea green with envy, it's also chock full of historical significance. Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" books, spent the summer of 1915 in the house visiting her ne'er-do-well daughter, Rose, who we heartily believe was a hard-nosed, hard-edged disciple of Sappho (if you don't get this reference, just move on. . .quietly). Laura's visit to SF coincided with the Panama Pacific Exposition, which celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal.
To learn more about Laura's momentous visit to Vallejo Street, visit the lovely and engaging Trini Kirkpatrick's site by clicking here.
For those of you who groaned upon finding yet another reference to Laura Ingalls Wilder, you can take a virtual tour of the Panama Pacific Exposition by clicking here.